8-letter words containing y, g
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- geezerly — Geezery.
- gelidity — The state or quality of being gelid.
- gemology — the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstones.
- gempylid — any of several fishes of the family Gempylidae, comprising the snake mackerels.
- generify — (computing) To make generic.
- genially — characterized by genius.
- genotype — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- gentrify — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- geoffrey — a male given name: from Germanic, meaning “divine peace.”.
- geoglyph — A large-scale drawing made on the ground by scratching or arranging lines of stones etc.
- geognosy — Archaic. a science dealing with the constituent parts of the earth, its envelope of air and water, its crust, and the condition of its interior.
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- geometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties of space.
- geomyoid — relating to burrowing rodents of the genus Geomys
- geophagy — the practice of eating earthy matter, especially clay or chalk, as in famine-stricken areas.
- geophyte — a plant propagated by means of underground buds.
- get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get busy — hurry to do sth
- get you! — You can say get you to show that you think someone is acting as if they are more important, rich, or successful than they really are.
- getaways — Plural form of getaway.
- gibibyte — (computing) Strictly, 230 (1,073,741,824) bytes, as opposed to a gigabyte.
- gibingly — With gibes; scornfully.
- giddying — Present participle of giddy.
- giftedly — In a gifted manner.
- gigabyte — a measure of storage capacity equal to 2 30 (1024) bytes.
- gimmicky — an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
- gingelly — (India) The sesame plant.
- gingerly — with great care or caution; warily.
- ginglymi — Plural form of ginglymus.
- gipsying — Present participle of gipsy.
- girlyman — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate man, a pussy.
- give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- giveaway — an act or instance of giving something away.
- givenchy — Hubert de [y-ber duh] /üˈbɛr də/ (Show IPA), born 1927, French fashion designer.
- glad eye — a friendly or interested glance, especially a flirtatious one.
- glamoury — (obsolete) magic.
- glassify — to become glass or glass-like
- glassily — In a glassy manner.
- glaziery — the work of a glazier; glasswork.
- glibbery — slippery; untrustworthy
- gliddery — slippery
- glimmery — Glimmering; shimmery.
- glittery — glittering; sparkling.
- glitzily — In a glitzy way.
- globally — pertaining to the whole world; worldwide; universal: the dream of global peace.
- gloomily — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- glorying — Present participle of glory.